It's Columbus Day on Monday, so you know Vox is going to be enjoying that three-day weekend. Even so, Vox really isn't clear on why this is a holiday. Chris Columbus, who sailed in 1492, had no idea where he was going. This was a road trip disaster of epic proportions: not only did he effectively instigate and enable the destruction of multiple indigenous cultures, but he also brought syphilis to the New World. Ugh, why do we even bother?

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